February 9th, 2008
The End of an Era: Polaroid Drops Self-Developing Film
By David Johnston
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
You heard that right: Polaroid is dropping the product that made it famous. According to CNN, Polaroid is closing its remaining factories that produce self-developing film for its cameras (which have already gone out of production). Polaroid is also laying off a significant number of workers in order to shift focus toward more modern devices, like digital cameras, printers, and televisions. So, if anyone still has a Polaroid camera sitting around, you’d better stock up on film while you still can. I can only assume that Polaroid has started to lose money on the film business, but I remain skeptical that it will be able to salvage its brand name (do you know anyone who has a Polaroid-branded digital camera?).
Read more here.
David Johnston is an Idiot Blow-Hard says:
Polaroid digital cameras are the market leader in under $100 camera sales. Just because you are an ignorant SOB that doesn’t bother to do any research before posting your worthless opinions, doesn’t mean that Polaroid is not producing decent quality products at a decent price!
Obviously, you have never used one or bothered to talk to anyone who has!
Either get a life or stop submitting uninformed articles to this WeBSite!!!
DUHHHHH!
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John B says:
Woudn’t it be nice if Mr Johnston did his homework prior to posting an article?
February 10th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Sony Blows Chunks! says:
David Johnston must be a Sony Snob!
February 11th, 2008 at 7:14 am